Pile Driver Micro-Goomba: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:PDMGNintendoPower.png|200px]]

|variant_of=[[Mini Goomba]]

|comparable=[[Blockhopper]]<br>[[Fake Block]]

'''Pile Driver Micro-Goombas'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref> (also stylized as '''Pile-driver Micro-Goombas'''),<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/smb3/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/0bmQD Archived] August 13, 2022 14:26:17 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> referred to as "'''fake bricks'''" by Fred Savage in the Celebrity Profiles section in the [[Nintendo Power issue 9|9th issue]] of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 9, page 91.</ref> are a special variety of [[Mini Goomba]] that hides in a [[Brick Block]]. They appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its [[reissue]]s.

===''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===

Pile Driver Micro-Goombas first appear in [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 2-1]], the first area of [[Desert Land]], and are a staple enemy in the various desert and sky [[level]]s throughout the rest of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They are disguised as grounded [[Brick Block|brick]]s that can be distinguished by the fact that they do not glisten (except in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', which gave them a light-colored outline instead, but this was changed back in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''). When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approaches its brick, the Pile Driver Micro-Goomba moves slightly to show a pair of feet underneath the brick, then [[jump]]s high in the air and attempts to land on the player character to damage him. These enemies are resistant to [[fireball]]s and can be defeated by [[stomp]]ing them, hitting them with a [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] tail, or tossing a [[Koopa Shell]] at them.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===

[[File: CartoonMicroGoomba.jpg|thumb|A group of blocks in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[A Toadally Magical Adventure]]".]]

Although no Pile Driver Micro-Goombas appear, a group of Pile Driver Micro-Goomba-like blocks makes one small appearance in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' in the episode "[[A Toadally Magical Adventure]]." Although they have similar characteristics and looks as Pile Driver Micro-Goombas, they are real bricks brought to life and are referred to simply as "blocks." These blocks were created by [[Toad]]'s [[pipe creatures]] after they rebelled against him.

===''NES Remix'' series===

In ''[[NES Remix 2]]'' and ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'', Pile Driver Micro-Goombas, simply referred to as Mini Goombas, are featured as a ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' challenge, where the player has to defeat three of them in World 2-1 within 20 seconds.

 

Desert Hill.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

SMB3 Pile Driver Micro-Goomba.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''

PileDriverMicroGoomba.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''

|Jap=ブロックマメクリボー<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#105 Page 212]; note that this is only listed in a block of text in the "Mame Kuribō" section.</ref><ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section, page 37.</ref><br>''Burokku Mame Kuribō''<br>ブロックとマメクリボー<ref>[http://azarashido.sakura.ne.jp/20100520/sCIMG9633.jpg Scan of 「スーパーマリオアドバンス4パーフェクトガイドブック」 ''(Super Mario Advance 4 Perfect Guidebook)'']</ref><br>''Burokku to Mame Kuribō''<br>マメクリボー<br>''Mame Kuribō''

|Ita=Mini Goomba Blocco<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 37</ref><br>Blocco Mini-Goomba<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 43</ref>

|ItaM=Block Micro-Goomba

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